Match-machine



N0. 6H,525. I Patented Sept. 27, I898.

' B. T." STEBER.

MATCH MACHINE.

(Application filed May 28, 1898.}

(No Model.)

WITNESSES 4 6L INVE'NTOR ITE ll STATES BERNARD T. STEBER, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

MATCH-MACH I N E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,525, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed May 2 8, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD T. STEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in match-machines, and more particularly to that class of machines which are provided with cutters and adapted to cut match-splints from blocks of wood and deposit them in carriers suitably constructed to receive the same.

The object of my invention. is to provide such a machine with means for preventing the match-splints from slipping in the cutter when they are being forced into the carrier.

The invention consists in providing an abutment-block which is adapted to be moved outwardly beneath the match-splints in the cutter-head to support the splints and prevent them from slipping while they are being forced into the carrier and which is adapted to be moved back out of the way of the cutter, said movements being accomplished by means of racks and pinions, as will be hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section through a match-machine having a cutter provided with my improved abutment-block.

Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of a portion of the machine, showing particularly the abutment-block and the manner of operating the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. slightly-modified form of the abutment-block, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the abutment-block and the means for operating the same.

A in the drawings represents my improved abutment-block, and B a cutter for trimming the edge of the block after each cut.

0 represents a cutter for cutting splints, and G the cutter-head for carrying the same.

In cutting splints for matches in machines which use a reciprocating cutter adapted to operate upon blocks of wood fed to the same and carry the splints thus cut to the carrier Fig. 4: is a detail view representing a Serial No. 682,017. (No model.)

' and force them into the same I have found it advantageous and sometimes necessary to provide means which will automatically support the said splints in the cutter while they are beingforced into the said carrier. This is equally applicable to carriers which are ertures formed therein to receive the ends of the splints or whether the carrier is composed of slats which are adapted to be separated for receiving match-splints and retain the same between them by means of springpressure. I

In carrying out my invention I employ an abutment block, as A, which is movably mounted in the' cutter-head, as at a, a suitable distance below the cutter, sufficient space being left beneath the cutter for the abutment-block to be moved back out of the way when the cutter is operating upon a block of wood and forward beneath the cutter when the cut match-splints are being forced into the carrier. I accomplish this result by providing the abutment-block at each end with a rack, as (1', adapted to engage a Vertical pinion a These pinions are mounted on either side of the machine and made of sufii eient length to engage the racks a, the entire length of the stroke of the cutter-head. and are adapted to be rocked in any suitable manner to move the abutment-block A in or out at the desired time. As illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the lower ends of the shafts of the pinions a may be provided with arms, as a which are connected by means of a link a. The said link may be reciprocated by any suitable means. V

As illustrated in Fig.4: of the drawings, instead of employing a pivoted abutmentblock a sliding abutment-block, as D, may be mounted in the cutter-head and provided with racks, as d, at its outer ends. These racks may be operated by means of pinions similar to the pinions a shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Thus it will be apparent that this sliding abutment-block D will be moved in and out in the same manner in which the pivoted abutment-block above described operates.

I also contemplate using a knife or cutting edge, as B, secured to .the cutter O'immediately below the abutment-block A, to trim formed of plates or slats having merely apthe block of wood upon the descent of the cutter-head, as shown in Fig. 1.

While the cutter as described and shown is arranged in such a way as to move vertically and to bring the cutter-head so as to permit of the abutment-block being pivoted below the cutter and a little to one side of the line of out, it will be apparent that these parts would operate in the same manner if the cutter was arranged to move horizontally or in any other direction. For the sake of simplicity in describing and claiming this mechanism the parts have been referred to as moving vertically.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a match-machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutter-head, a cutter mounted thereon, an abutment-block arranged below the cutter,and racks and pinions for moving the abutment-block out beneath the cutter to support the splints While they are being forced into the carrier, and to move the abutment-block back out of the way of the cutter while the splints are being out, substantially as described.

2. In a matchmachine, the combination with an overhanging or projecting cutter, of

'a rocking abutment-block pivoted near the line of cut, racks and pinions for rocking the said block into the line of cut for supporting the match-splints While they are being forced into the carrier, and to rock it back again out of the Way of the cutter while the splints are being cut, substantially as described.

3. In a match machine, the combination with a suitable frame, of a cutter mounted thereon, an abutment-block arranged below the cutter and provided on its outer ends with a rack, pinions arranged on either side of the machine and engaging the racks and permit-- 

